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Gala Flagello is a composer, educator, and nonprofit director whose music is described as 'both flesh and spirit, intensely psychological sacrificing concrete musical enjoyment.' She is the co-founder and festival director of the contemporary music festival Connecticut Summerfest. Gala was selected as a 2023 Composition Fellow at Tanglewood Music Center and has also held fellowships at the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music and the Aspen Music Festival. Her recent commissions include works for 'The President’s Own' United States Marine Band, Albany Symphony, Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble, Peabody Essex Museum, University of Michigan Men’s Glee Club, and Young New Yorkers’ Chorus. Gala has received accolades such as the 2022 Musicians Club of Women Composition Competition prize, the 2020 Sinta Quartet Composition Competition, and the 2020 Michigan Music Teachers Association Commissioned Composer Prize.
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance • Ann Arbor, Michigan
Teaching focus on entrepreneurship and leadership within the music discipline.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science